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Cement Masons Local 555

Job Training

Handcuffs to hardhats? 

Mar 16, 2023

Three locals are launching a pre-apprenticeship program for inmates in the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility.

Job Training

Local 555 trailer stolen

Feb 15, 2023

Instructors at Cement Masons Local 555 training center are looking for a trailer. Their trailer.

Culture

Celebrating across the Generations

Dec 14, 2022

Cement Masons Local 555 and Plasterers Local 82 on Dec. 10 gathered to recognize newly graduated apprentices and longtime members.

Jobs

Amazon shuts out union workers in Woodburn

Feb 16, 2022

Local building trade unions have been picketing the colossal construction site to protest out-of-state contractors and subpar wages.

Culture

CBS’ Tough As Nails casting Season 4

Jun 30, 2021

The reality show celebrates hard-working men and women who aren’t afraid to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty.

Job Training

Journeyman card counts toward college credit

May 18, 2021

Mount Hood Community College has agreements with over a dozen union apprenticeship programs to award equivalent college credits.

People

Ready for prime time

Feb 4, 2021

A Portland building trades union member is a contestant on Season Two of CBS’  hit prime time reality show Tough as Nails.

Culture

Local cement mason competes in Season 2 of the CBS reality show Tough as Nails

Jan 13, 2021

Liz Nichols, a seven-year member of the Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons union, is one of 12 contestants on the show.

Green Jobs

Green jobs, but not for you

Jul 14, 2020

Oregon construction unions say state-subsidized clean energy work is going to nonunion out-of-state firms and out-of-state crews.

Workers Rights

Plasterers uncover wage theft at luxury apartments in Eugene

Jun 2, 2020

When building trades unions police abuses in the construction industry, they’re defending all workers, not only their members.

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